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W. P. KELLOGG.

OUR-RY 00MB. No. 327,695. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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' ATTORNEY N. PETERS, Plwwmhognpher. Wnhinglau. n, c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM P. KELLOGG, OF TROY, NEV YORK.

CURRY-COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,695, dated October6, 1885.

Application filed March 27, 1885. Serial No. 160,146.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WM. P. KELLOGG, a resident of the city of lroy, inthe county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Curry-Combs; and I do hereby declare thatthe-following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in curry-combs.

The object of my invention is to easily and quickly secure a duplexhandle upon the ends of supports projecting from a curry-comb frame insuch a manner as to stiffen and strengthen said supports and produce aconvenient and desirable comb.

My invention is an improvement upon the construction shown in LettersPatent of the United States, No. 171,386, dated December 21, 1875,issued to John XV. Trussell and myself; and it consists in producing twohandlesupports of metal cast integral with the comb frame, one of whichis provided with a projecting tang, and the other with a perforatedhandle-seat, driving a perforated and ferruled end of a handle upon saidtang and firmly riveting the longitudinally middle part of said handleupon said perforated seat.

Figure l of the drawings is a view in perspective of my improved combwith handle attached. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same with the handledetached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a rivet. part shown in Fig. 2.

The metal comb-frame D is provided with the toothed comb-bars a,attached thereto, and

.with the handle-supports B 0, cast integral therewith, the latter beingprovided with the tang b, integral therewith, and projecting out overthe comb toward support B, as shown. SupportB is provided withhandle-seat S, perforated at z" to receive rivet g. The frame supportsand tang are rendered malleable.

The duplex handle AA, provided with the Fig. 4 is an end elevation of(No model.)

ferrule a,anda perforation in the ferruled end adapted to receive thetang, is driven onto the tang with sufficient force to render it firmlysecure thereon when the middle portion is perforated at a pointcoincident with the perforation in seat S, in which position the twoparts are firmly secured together by a rivet, 9, bolt, or screw. It isapparent that when the handle is thus firmly secured to supportB itcannot work loose upon the tang b, and the tang being of metal castintegral with support 0 acts as a brace to keep the supports 0 and Bfrom vibrating or inclining toward the frame, each part tending tostrengthen the other, which is of great importance, in View of the factthat the handle is duplex, the part A being used interchangeably withthe part A, rendering it necessary that the support-s13 and 0 shouldproject a considerable distance from the frame D to permit of the easyinsertion of the fingers of the operator between the handle A and thecomb-frame.

When the middle part of the handle is fixed to its support by forcing atang or spur projecting therefrom into the handle, as shown in saidLetters Patent, it is not only likely to work loose thereform, but itgenerally happens that the handle cannot be driven tightly upon thetang,lest the aperture previously prepared in the middle part of "thehandle for its sup port will not be in the proper position to receivethe same, or the handle must be driven so far as to split or destroy thehandle; but by perforating the handle after it has been driven theproper distance upon the tang inserted at its end, which is easily done,I am able to secure a perfectly rigid and durable duplexhandled comb.

I am aware that it is not new to secure handles to various implements bymeans of rivets or by tangs when used separately; but the lightness ofmaterial and small size of parts required in a curry-comb render itimpracticable to employ rivets in the end of the handle, and the tangalone would soon work loose.

The support B is also required as a thumbrest in operating the comb, andgreat lateral strain being exerted upon the supports when the comb is inuse the tang is necessary to aid in resisting it.

In the construction of a cheap and durable IOO duplex-handled comb therivet and tang are both indispensable, and the efficiency of the,

frame D, having the support 13, provided with the concave seat S, andthe support 0, provided with the tang b, of the duplex handle A A,provided with the ferrule a, the handle being driven onto the tang andheld to the seat by a pin, 9, passing through ahole in the seat andhandle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of March,1885.

\VILLIAM P. KELLOGG. 'Witnesses:

GEO. A. MOSHER, WV. H. HOLLIsTER, Jr.

